Halifax Share Dealing Explained

Halifax Share Dealing is a British online broker, allowing customers to buy and sell shares in UK and international companies across a range of markets.

The firm was set up to manage the 7.5 million Halifax bank customers who were eligible for shares when the company went public in 1997. It dealt solely in Halifax shares before expanding in 1998 to offer a comprehensive service for retail customers to buy and sell shares in real time.

Halifax Share Dealing^[1] was the first in the UK to offer a regular investment plan where customers can buy shares, known as ShareBuilder. Halifax Share Dealing has continued to expand, and now offers a Self Select Funds ISA (Individual Savings Account), a Self Select Stocks and Shares ISA, and a SIPP (self-invested personal pension). Its online research centre, Halifax Marketwatch, enables investors to research companies using a wide range of market information. The company also operates the iWeb online share dealing brand,^{[2] [3]} a legacy of HBOS's 2003 acquisition of the IMIWeb online brokerage from Sanpaolo IMI.^{[4] [5]}

Halifax Share Dealing is based in Leeds and,, had more than one million customers. It is part of the Lloyds Banking Group, a British-based financial institution formed through the acquisition of HBOS in 2009 which provides UK retail, wholesale and international banking facilities, as well as insurance and investment services.^[6]

Awards

Awards^[7] won by Halifax Share Dealing include:

• City of London Wealth Management Awards 2013 – Best ISA Provider^[8]
• Shares Awards 2012 – Best Self Select ISA Provider^[8]
• What Investment Awards 2011 – Best Share Dealing Service^[8]
• Shares Awards 2011 – Best Fund Provider^[8]
• MoneyAM Awards 2011 – Best Online CFD Provider^[9]
• Shares Magazine Awards 2010 – Best Fund Provider^[8]
• What Investment Awards 2010 – Share Dealing Service of the Year^[8]
• Personal Finance Awards 2010 – Best Online Stockbroker^[8]
• Daily Telegraph Wealth Management Awards 2009 – Best Execution Only Service for Equities^[10]
• What Investment Readership Awards 2009 – Best Share Dealing Service^[11]
• Share Magazine Awards 2008 – Best Self-Select ISA Provider^[8]
• Personal Finance Awards 2008 – Best Online Stockbroker^[8]
• What Investment Awards 2006 – Best Stockbroker^[8]
• What Investment Awards 2005 – Best Stockbroker^[8]
• Personal Finance & Savings Readership Awards 2005 – Best Online Stockbroker^[8]
• Personal Finance & Savings Readership Awards 2004 – Best Online Stockbroker^[8]
• What Investment Readership Awards 2004 – Best Stockbroker^[8]

References

1. Web site: Halifax Share Dealing . Halifax.co.uk . 2009-12-14 . 2012-04-05.
2. Book: Investors Chronicle. 13 October 2006. Financial Times Business Pub.. 47. en.
3. Web site: Important Information. IWeb Share Dealing. 2020-04-25. Data Privacy: Your personal information will be held by Halifax Share Dealing Limited which trades as IWeb Share Dealing, part of the Lloyds Banking Group..
4. Web site: HBOS acquires IMIWeb UK . 6 June 2003 . Finextra Research . en . 2020-04-29.
5. Web site: IWEB (UK) LIMITED - Overview (free company information from Companies House) . beta.companieshouse.gov.uk . 2020-04-29.
6. Web site: Halifax Share Dealing reports significant increase in ISA registrations and trading. 4 April 2014. Lloyds Banking Group. 9 June 2017.
7. Web site: Awards . Halifax.co.uk . 2009-12-14 . 2012-04-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110215110038/https://www.halifax.co.uk/sharedealing/important_information/hsdl_awards.asp . 2011-02-15 . dead .
8. Web site: Halifax Share Dealing website . Halifax.co.uk . 2009-12-14 . 2012-04-05.
9. Web site: MoneyAM Awards 2011 . Moneyam.com . 2012-04-05.
10. Web site: Daily Telegraph Wealth Management Awards . Stockbrokingguide.com . 2012-04-05.
11. Web site: What Investment Magazine . Whatinvestment.co.uk . 2012-04-05.